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Carney’s NATO gun gift turned over to RCMP
Global Affairs Canada said the RCMP will decommission the name-engraved weapon, and the ammunition stayed in Türkiye.
- Global Affairs Canada confirmed the personalized, engraved pistol gifted to Prime Minister Mark Carney by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the NATO summit was transferred to the RCMP for decommissioning, with ammunition left in Turkey.
- During the summit in Ankara, Erdogan presented every NATO leader with an identical, personalized, engraved firearm; the Prime Minister's Office confirmed this widespread distribution demonstrates the diplomatic scale of the gesture.
- Prime Minister Keir Starmer noted he left his gifted firearm in Turkey, explaining that importing the weapon remained illegal despite a letter from Erdogan lifting export controls.
- Officials are considering a museum as a potential home for the decommissioned diplomatic artifact, ensuring compliance with Canadian laws and government policies.
- Carney is in Jeddah today for the Saudi Arabia-Canada Investment Forum and a meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, continuing diplomatic engagements following the NATO summit.
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PM Carney gifted pistol by Turkey’s president at NATO
JEDDAH — Prime Minister Mark Carney was gifted a personalized pistol and ammunition by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the NATO summit. Erdogan, who hosted this year's summit in Ankara, gifted every NATO leader a name-engraved firearm. Global...
The pistol offered to the Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, by the Turkish President was handed over to the RCMP and the ammunition remained in Turkey.
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